Well, my wife and I have ventured into the world of YouTube. What a learning curve all of this social media is for an "old fart" like me. It's not a world I am totally familiar with, but I realize how important and impactful it can be when it comes to getting exposure for my art.

Amber and I have been watching tutorial after tutorial on how to be successful on YouTube. For artists, there are what seems like a BEJILLION videos of how two paint this, or how to paint that. Tutorials, time lapses, tips, what brushes to use...and the list goes on and on. It's very overwhelming to someone like me. I asked myself several times "how do I make a channel that's different, and stands out in all that traffic and information?"

Going to "YouTube University" (which is what Amber and I are calling our tutorial marathon) has made us realize that:

1)We don't have to be that different, we just have to be.

2) We don't have to be great at anything to start, we DO have to start to try to become great, however.

3)While it would be amazing to have some huge number of subscribers and followers, our goal is to use our YouTube channel to help inspire others to pick up a brush and give painting a try.

As of this posting, we've been on YouTube for a total of 4 days. At this writing, we have 20 subscribers. That's how it starts. ONE subscriber at a time. 5 subscribers a day...turns into 150 in a month, and 1,800 in a  year, and...well, you can do the math.

It's a new creative outlet for us both. I paint. Amber does the video work. Are we great at either? Nope...but we'll get better with each painting and each video. Remember, you don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

So pick up some brushes if you haven't, and start...to be great!

Happy Painting!

OH...here's one of our videos. And yes...PLEASE subscribe and ring that bell for notifications when we post new work.
Happy New Year!  ~Rich